real representation. they deserve congressional lines that lift up communities not carve them apart block by block to keep one party in charge. you count the people and draw the lines, that's it. but they throw that presume out of the window just to protect republicans at the cost of breaking our democracy. i served three terms in the texas legislature -- watch the rest of this on our free c-span video app. the house is gaveling. this is live coverage. vote. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes.

pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3357, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 90. h.r. 3357. a bill to amend the securities and exchange act of 1934, to require issuers with a multiclass stock structure to make certain disclosures in any proxy, consent, solicitation material and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15 sploint. -- 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 381, the nays are 31-s 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order.

the house will be in order. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas wish to be recognized? mr. williams: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. williams: sati ell paige in 1948 won two games of a double header. when he was in the locker room, the press said you won both games today. what was your best pitch.

my b-ball when i throw it, it goes where i want it to be. and i can't think of any place i would want to be here right now representing the congressional baseball team. the speaker pro tempore: we ask that you take your conversations off the floor. . . the gentleman is recognized. mr. williams: the congressional baseball game was played on june 11, and i'm proud to say that we raised $2.7 million for charity right here, a record. we sold almost 40,000 tickets, 34,000 in attendance, another record.

the republican team, the u.s.a. team, team u.s.a. is on a f.y.-year winning streak. we won 13-2 this year. i'm proud to coach these guys. they really do a great job. i'm proud to be able to coach this team. the democrats, they have a good team. they have good coaching. and we welcome playing them again next year in next year's game and setting records. with that, i yield to manager sanchez for her comments. ms. sanchez: thank you. i want to first and foremost congratulate coach roger williams and the republican team on their victory in this year's baseball game. i have to say that i was very proud of the hard work and the dedication of the democratic team. we came out, we played hard and more importantly we raised a record amount of money for local charities here in the washington, d.c., area.

the congressional baseball game is probably my favorite time of the year. not the least of which is because every morning i get to yell at 15 men and tell them what to do. but it's also because we can put partisanship aside and play a good game far good cause. together, we raised a whopping $2.8 million which will go for sports scholarships, local boys and girls club, and other youth charities, and that's something i think we can all be proud of. again i want to congratulate roger williams and his team and we're coming for that trophy next year, my friend. mr. williams: you're not going to find it. thank you very much. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: i thank the gentleman from texas. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from missouri, mr. graves, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4275 as amended.

on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 4275, a bill to authorize appropriations for the coast guard to establish the secretary of the coast guard and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 399. the nays are 12. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order.

for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> pursuant to clause 2-a-1 of rule 9, i rise to give notice of my intention to raise a question of the privileges of the house. the form of the resolution is as follows. mr. higgins: house resolution number 539 censuring lamonica mciver and removing her from the committee on homeland security. whereas on may 9, 2025, representative mciver took part in an incident at the delaney hall federal immigration facility located in newark, new jersey. whereas lamonica mciver as a result of her actions on may 9, 2025, has been charge --

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house is not in order. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. higgins: indictment by a federal grand jury for assaulting, impeding with federal officers. whereas representative mciver alleged to have challenged guidance from a federal officer regarding access to the secure immigration detention facility. whereas representative mciver is alleged to have interfered with homeland security officials from making an arrest of an unauthorized visitor. whereas representative mciver has slammed her forearm into the body, closed quote and restrained an i.c.e. officer by quote, forcibly grabbing him.

whereas representative mciver interfered with a deportation officer engaged in the performance of his official duties. whereas body camera and other body evidence support the allegations made within the federal indictment. whereas such actions constitute a violation of section 111-a-1 of title 18, united statescode related to the assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with a federal officer. whereas clause 1 of wheul xiii of the rules of the house of representatives provides a member, delegate, resident, commissioner, officer or employee of the house shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect credibility on the house so stated in rule 23 of the rules of the house of

representatives. whereas such actions of a member of the house of representatives do not reflect credibly on the house. whereas representative mciver's continued service on the committee on homeland security, which is charged with oversight of federal immigration enforcement and other national security matters would represent a significant conflict of interest. now, therefore be it resolved, section 1, censure of representative lamonica mciver, representative lamonica mciver is censured. number two shall present herself in the well of the house of representatives for the pronouncement of censure and three, censured with the public reading of this resolution by the speaker. section 2, removal from committee on homeland security. the following named member be and is here by removed from the following standing committee of

the house of representatives, the committee on homeland security, ms. mciver. mr. speaker, that is all. the speaker pro tempore: under rule 9, a resolution offered from the floor by a member other than the majority leader or the minority leader as a question of the privileges of the house has immediate precedence only at a time designated by the chair within two legislative days after the resolution is properly noticed. pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the gentleman from louisiana will appear in the record at this point. the chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution constitutes a question of privilege. that determination will be made at the time designated for consideration of the resolution. for what purpose does the

gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from utah be mr. mr. moore be removed from h.r. 4001. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. without objection. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. mr. thompson: the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house is not in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: i rise today to recognize central pennsylvania

chamber of commerce as it celebrates 120th anniversary. in 1905 the chamber was founded as the milt ton board of trade over the last 120 years the chamber has grown and expanded membership in columbia, cumberland, snyder and union counties. the mission of the chamber remains the same as when it was founded. quote to be the partner of choice in business and economic development by partnering with businesses, schools and communities. i recognize its vital role in driving economic growth fostering job creation and supporting businesses of all sizes. i thank the board members, staff membership and partners who have worked together to promote our region and fostered free enterprise that enables our communities to unlock true economic potential.

congratulations on this milestone achievement. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recog recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize general awe ton mix headquartered in the district i represent and completing the cella knowed. this magnet, 60 feet tall, 14 feet wide and is the large pulse super electromagnet ever built and major step toward commercial fusion energy. general thomas is one of the trailblazers. under the leadership of their chairman and c.e.o., they have pioneered from groundbreaking advances, nuclear technology to remotely operated aircraft.

fusion energy will provide a source of base load power and pathway for clean energy security. no wonder countries across the globe. and san diego is leading the way. i look forward to celebrating accomplishments with my friends. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address -- sorry. i rise today to recognize kim julie et who is a member of 4-h and thanked veterans. with help from her community and

aseemed goodie buckets included cards thanking them. freedom has never been free and our brave men and women sacrifice so much. great to see these heroes recognized and advocate on behalf of them. 4-h teach values, patriotism and hard work. programs like this represent the best america has to offer and great to see them honoring our nation's heroes. congratulations. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today i rise to celebrate the 90th birthday of emma guard davis. she grew up in germany and after

the war she came to visit her sister where her life changed forever and met wally davis, got married and had seven beautiful children. she never returned to germany. wally davis was one of orange county's hispanic attorneys and she was always there for him and she was the story behind wally's success. happy birthday emma, we love you and look forward to next few birthdays of yours. thank you very much, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to

highlight how the one big beautiful bill will strengthen and protect medicaid for those who need it the most. this legislation eliminates waste, fraud and abuse that have flagged the system. ensuring that resources are used effectively. contrary to the misinformation spreading, there are 1.4 million illegal immigrants receiving medicaid crowding out benefits for american citizens. this bill invests billions of dollars for seniors and people with disabilities by establishing a new pathway for states to offer home and community-based services. this will preserve medicaid for populations who rely on it, pregnant mothers, children, seniors and people with disabilities and low-income families. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition?

>> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. dean: in pennsylvania, nearly 65% of nursing home residents rely upon medicaid. in my district outside philadelphia, it is a lifeline for more than 15,000 seniors who have worked and earned access to affordable high quality care who deserve to age with grace and dig thit. president trump and the republicans big ugly bill will cut pennsylvania's medicaid program by $53 million. what will happen to our parents, our grand parents? some facilities may be forced to make impossible decisions like reducing staff or raising prices. others simply will not survive. i know how worry some it is for parents to leave the home they love and how critical it is to

find the best care. through medicaid, think about it. i was disabled and you offered me aid. i was informed and you offered me care. i was aging and you offered me dignity. that's what republicans voted in lock step to tear away. shame. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. fitzpatrick: i rise today with a heavy heart and deep sense of gratitude as i pay tribute to a home time hero. karla reynolds. she was a force of nature. a woman of uncommon compassion and rare gift to bring people together. through her signature event unity day, she reunited law

enforcement and neighbors, children and elders in a shared celebration of kindness, community and respect. she believed our greatest strength is to stand together and proved that year after year day after day. through her boots on the ground foundation, karla had essentials to those in need but her time, energy and heart. she gave selflessly and showing up in crisis and never asking for a thing in return for herself. she championed young people creating she created programs to highlight youth who excelled in academics, sports and service, because, as she would say, our kids to know we see them. over the year us worked alongside carla, i came to know her mission and her soul.

may god bless carla reynolds and may we each do our part to continue the work she believed in so deeply. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. virginia federal employees are still being fired, r.i.f.ed, and harassed by this administration. i heard from a person who received notice from health and human services just hours before it went into effect with no details an offboarding or their benefits. i'm hearing this more and more. people who have served this government in their career. this administration continues to blindly and abruptly fire federal workers. what do we have to show for it?

a complete and total brain drain. we are losing talent and expertise in our federal government while the president focuses on tax cuts and handouts to the richest in the country. i will can't to fight and hold this administration accountable. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wied: i rise to honor mark murphy who is retiring this year. he is a highly respected figure among nfl fans across the country. during his tenure as president and c.e.o., the green bay packers won the super bowl, securing an.f.c. north division titles, earned 13 playoff appearances and posted a 172-101

regular season record, second best in the league over that span. off the field and under his guidance, the green bay packers invested more than $700 million in the lamb beau field campus and title town development without the use of public money and increased charitable giving across wisconsin. most recently the packers hosted the immensely successful 2025 nfl draft which drew official attendance of 605,000 and delivered a major economic boost in our region in northeast wisconsin. as the representative from northeastern wisconsin and as a lifelong packers fan, i want to thank mark murphy for his many years of dedicated leadership for the green bay packers and wish him the best in his retirement. mr. speaker, with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.

ms. tlaib: disastrous floods are devastating the lives of residents in southeast michigan and across the nation. and the dangers done stop when the flooding ends. too many families are denied fema assistance because current rules and policies don't cover repairs and reconstruction for most basements where floods are most destructive. without federal assistance they are forced to live in extremely unsafes, being exposed to serious health risks like mold and mildew and moisture damage. one of my resident a 90-year-old, had no hot water and a broken furnace and toxic mold in her basement. there are people recovering from disasters, many of them on a fixed income, seniors who cannot afford the thousands of dollars in reparis of their basement. that's why i'm proud to introduce fix our flooded basements act to make sure that federal disaster assistance finally covers those costs. we must make this change so that our residents, our constituents,

live in safe again home after a flood they need to be able to rebuild their lives from these disastrous floods. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this week marks the six months of the america first leadership under president donald trump. he has innumerable accomplishments over the first half of this year and has kicked off a new golden age for the country. his strong leadership has single handedly added over half a million jobs to the u.s. economy. many of these jobs came back to my home state of indiana like the announcement from general motors about increasing its production in the four wind facility truck plant. he's brought gas prices to the lowest point since 2021 by unleashing american energy independence. outside of the economic impact that was saved money for everyday american, president trump has kept his commitment to

protect american children and families by halting so-called gender affirming care for children in this country. as another testament to his impressive pace, president trump has also signed 27 bill into law. the greatest of which, the one big beautiful bill, delivers tax cuts to american families, solidifies funding for america's golden dome and defunded planned parenthood. over the past six months, president trump has delivered on his promise to restore america's strength and dominance and i look forward to continuing the fight with president trump leading the way to ensure america's golden age will last for decades to come. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker.

in february of this year, attorney general pam bondi went on tv and said jeffrey epstein's client list is sitting on my desk right now. why won't she release that list? mr. lieu: why won't house republicans release that list? house republicans are in fact shutting down the house early, shortly after this speech, we will go home early. why? "the wall street journal" just confirmed that in may of this year the department of justice told donald trump, to his face, that he is in the unreleased epstein files. house republicans are facilitating a coverup of epic proportions. release the epstein files. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from south dakota seek recognition? >> i'm frommed in, i seek recognition to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks.

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor a notable north dakotan, linda casager who recently retired after 50 years of dedicated service at valley senior living. linda began her career in elder care as a high school student at the age of just 15 and devoted decades helping seniors stay active, healthy and connected. her work as a restorative aid supported not only her residents but their dignity and independence. colleagues describe her as compassionate, reliable, and deeply committed person, a steady presence in a field where continuity makes all the difference. 50 years in the role is rare. 50 years of meaningful care is extraordinary. linda's legacy is a testament to

the power of faithful service. she's touched countless lives and she's made her community proud. congratulations, linda. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in sadtons mourn the passing of detective andrew west of the sheriff's office who passed away after a he rick battle against stage four cancer. mr. burchett: he started in patrol and work his way up to detective. he was known as a man who always showed up with a smile and served as a mentor to younger officers. she was a friend to all in the department and to the community. he spent his time as a volunteer firefighter while also mentoring

kids in the community who wanted to be involved in public service and law enforcement. mr. speaker, in his free time he'd spend time with his family, fish, golfing, or watching the tennessee vols whoop up on alabama. and too many times that didn't happen, mr. speaker. andrew was a person that all americans should strive to be like. he was dedicated to serving his community. he was a good family man. he committed his time to helping children achieve their dreams of becoming law enforcement. he's truly a hero of tennessee, mr. speaker. i personally like to extend my condolences to andrew's family, his friends, my dear friend sheriff brigham and the entire sheriff's department. our prayers go out to all of you. may the lord bless you, brother. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

mr. carter: i rise today to honor one of our country's hero, coast guard rescue swimmer scott roskin. scott hails from new jersey and was an accountant at kpemg before enlisting to serve in the coast guard in 2021. after joining the coast guard, scott participate and completed rescue swimmer training and was stationed in corpus kristi, texas. in the early morning of july 4, scott, along with other local and federal first responders were dispatched to aid and rescue efforts at camp mist nick kerr county as flooding from the nearby guadalupe river hit the camp. scott, while leading the coast guard triage at camp mystic, was able to save other 160 people through his efforts. including my twin granddaughters. whose birthday is today. his selflessness and bravery in

the face of danger are something we should all strive to embody. thank you, scott. thank you for your courage. and for changing the course of many families' lives including my family. god bless you. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recog recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in sadness to remember a friend, a personal friend from home in the district. wallace clark roany, everyone knows him as wally roney. passed recently here of health issues.

and he was a fifth generation cattle rancher. lifelong steward of the land. and indeed a towering, imposing figure. big guy. in california agriculture. but that big guy, as imposing as he was, is also kind of like a big bear cub. he loved what he did. he loved helping his neighbors. he loved helping the cattle industry and sticking up for agriculture. you won't find a better friend. he and his wife billie jean are good friends of mine and as we remember today and feel that sadness, know that his spirit of fighting for agriculture as a fellow cal-poly mustang graduate will always be remembered and appreciated. he was a respected leader, of course, in his field, splitting old school ranch, sharp business sense, deep understanding of land management. he grew up alongside seasoned hands, learning the value of grit, responsibility and persistence. he trained horses, rodeoed race cattle, never hesitated to speak up when it was important to

represerve a lifestyle not just for him but his neighbors and everybody who depends on this as a food supply making america stronger. god bless wally, his wife billie jean. we'll miss you. you're a good friend. you'll never be replaced but you'll always be remembered. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak to the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. fine: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to recognize a warrior of the air force, chief schaefer. he embodies the mindset needed to defend our nation. he entered the air force in march of 2000 and has been serving for 25 years. he developed an impressive background in his time there

which includes experience at varying levels and has participated in operations in africa, europe, the middle east, south asia and the pacific region. he is now retiring after all that time. bag service member is tough. it's demanding. the time spent away from family is even harder. but we can never forget to thank those who make that sacrifice. i want to thank him and his wife, his children, dallas, ashlynn and teagan, making sacrifices so our nation would prosper. chief, aim high and have a for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman from virginia is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to recognize the brave members of the virginia beach fire department swiftwater rescue team who supported the flood victims in texas. they are qualified to respond to

natural disasters and the team drove 1700 miles through the night from virginia beach on july 4 to texas to aid in the flood rescue efforts. in the face of tragedy, we are fortunate to have brave first responders who run towards danger. i will continue to the safety of our first responders and the families affected. i am grateful this team put their expertise to use and assisted in saving lives and happy to hear the news they are coming home. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

>> mr. speaker, i rise today to kick off my hoosier heartland tour. i look forward to beginning my first summer district period as i move about indiana's 6th district over the weeks to come. i'm eager to share this time with hardworking hoosiers. i look forward to sharing my work and bringing details of our wins back home. but most importantly, this time will focus on listening. i look forward to meeting with our 11 county sheriffs and visiting the many district airports i represent and hearing from our family farmers. this hoosier heartland tour will encompass meaningful conversations to form my work as i return in september. i eagerly take it and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek

recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, eastern spoke an has a hero, bryson phillips of mount spokane high school. he was named two-time u.s. paralympics all-american and someone who has overcome tremendous challenges. he was left with par last cyst after a stroke. despite learning how to walk, talk, he never gave up. bryson competitive spirit is on the track and representing mount spokane has competed on the national stage maintaining a 4.0g.p.a. bryson phillips you are a total stud and the entire congress and the entire public deserves to

hear your story and now they have. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir. pursuant to section 1-k of house resolution 195110th congress and section 4-d of house resolution 5, 119th congress i transmit to you the following individuals have signed an agreement not to be a candidate for the office of senator or representative in ordeal debate or resident commissioner to the congress for the purposes of the federal election campaign act of 1971 until at least three years after they are no longer a member of the board or staff of the office of congressional conduct, anna holland, deona. cao, jody hice,

cherls l. johnson. copy of the signed agreements will be retained by office of the clerk as part of the records of the house. signed sincerely, kevin f. mccumber, clerk. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the speakers rooms washington, d.c., july 23, 2025, i designate the period from wednesday, july 23, 2025 through monday, september 1, 2025 as a district work period under clause 13 of rule 1. signed mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2025, the gentleman from utah, mr. kennedy, is recognized for 60 on minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. kennedy: i ask unanimous

consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and stepped their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this special order. i yield as much time as i may consume to my colleagues from the state of indiana, representative baird. mr. baird: thank you. and i appreciate the gentleman yielding. mr. speaker, on july 4, president trump signed the one big beautiful bill into law. this historic legislation delivered the largest tax cuts for the working and middle class americans in u.s. history. and will revitalize rural america. one big beautiful bill made permanent the 199-a small business tax credit providing certainty to small businesses and ensuring main street can

thrive. this legislation also saves two million family farms and 6800 family farms in my district from facing a death tax increase. this will protect the generational transfer of family farms. this bill cuts down on weabs in our -- waste, fraud and abuse in our federal agencies that has made it harder and more expensive for our american people. this is a win for americans in every income bracket. thank you. and i yield back. mr. kennedy: with that, i yield time to myself from utah, mike kennedy and give my speech. mr. speaker, i rise to recognize some of the impacts of the one big beautiful bill and what it will have on my state. bypassing the one big beautiful bill, the republican majority kept its promise to preserve the 2017 tax cuts and provide relief

for american families. the council of economic advisers said it will raise utah wages up to 7700 over the next four years putting more money in the pockets of hardworking americans. typical families with two children can expect to see higher take-home pay $7900 to $11, 400. utah has the average household size. the one big beautiful bill increases the child tax credit to $2200. without the bill's passage the child tax credit would have dropped to $1,000 per child. i am glad this bill invests in the future of our families not just in utah but all over the country. it helps hardworking americans by cutting taxes on overtime

pay. people work overtime and could benefit. the bill cuts taxes on tips. whether you are a wait tress or a nurse working overtime, this legislation will make sure your money stays where it be longs in your pocket. and those who give to charitable causes. allowing individuals who did not itemize their deductions to claim a deduction. it delivers tax relief for seniors. this legislation ensures that 90% of social security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits. utah alone 400,000 seniors could benefit on no taxes on social security provisions. our seniors have contributed to our nation's economy. and house republicans are glad to provide them relief through this bill.

the one big beautiful bill will help people of utah beyond tax credits. and will boost utah's energy sector slashing the bureaucratic red tape with permitting days and restarting oil, gas and coal leases. this will create thousands of jobs in utah. the one big beautiful re-authorizes the radiation re-authorizing act. for another two years. the will compensate those exposed to radiation at the nevada test site and extend compensation to uranium miners and downwinders across the state of utah. this will help the people of utah. the bill will provide funding for technological advancement for our military and enhance

$7.4 billion in benefits for servicemembers across the country. under this bill, the budget will provide for the restoration and renovation of barracks. more funding for the defense health program, aid to military and provide for bonuses for members of the military. this policy reflects our commitment to honoring the sack cry tieses of our military by investing in servicemembers and the infrastructure that ports their well-being and demonstrates our commitment to putting america first by ensuring our servicemen and women in utah and across the world receive the care and support they deserve. this legislation is designed to put hardworking americans, families and small businesses first, including my constituents in utah's 3rd district. republicans have delivered on the promises we made to the

american people. thank you. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: i yield to the representative from north dakota. >> thank you for leading this special order to talk about the wins in the one big beautiful bill. mr. speaker, i rise today to highlight an important promise that president trump made to the american people that the one big beautiful bill fulfills. it delivers a long list of wins for families, seniors, small businesses, farmers, energy producers and our military. it prevents the largest tax increase, $4.5 trillion in americans' pockets instead of

the government covers and delivers permanent tax relief and brings in washington's out of control spending and makes historic investments in border security and national defense and the kind of commonsense priorities people in my state of north dakota live by every single day. there are is is so many wins that we need to break them apart and highlight them separately. today i want to focus on a provision that many think is too good to be true. in talking to people they think how can it actually happen but it will, no tax on tips and overtime. during my time back home recently, i visited with folks across north dakota and those working in the construction, law enforcement and service industries. this bill is great news for them and hundreds of professions who regularly put in overtime.

30% of employees in noters dakota regularly work overtime and could benefit from the no tax on overtime. from the economic cram, people are in occupations that are likely to be eligible for overtime. we cut taxes on $12,000 500 of overtime pay 80 million hourly workers. this estimated to increase nearly take-home pay. the bill eliminates federal taxes up to $25,000 of tips of -- four million tipped workers. as a former waitress i know how valuable this and applies to all tips whether on cash or credit,

all tips qualify for no tax on tip. this will boost incomes by 1300 on per year. with these policies, we are rewarding every day americans' hard work. we are not waiting. these provisions are retroactive and will see no taxes on tips and overtime this year even for hours worked prior to this bill passing. i joined my colleagues on delivering on this commitment to the american people and can't wait to see how it benefits them all. thank you mr. speaker, and i yield back. . . . . . mr. kennedy: thank you. and i yield back the remainder of my time to the chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2025, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, is recognized for

60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to address one of the most serious issues of our time. the risk of conflict with nuclear weapons. it is a threat that challenges our conscience, it is a threat not just for americans, but for all humanity. and it is a threat not just to humans, but to all species of life on our planet. we raise this issue in the context -- in context of a series of important anniversaries. one week ago, july 16, marked the 80th anniversary of the trinity test, the first designation of a nuclear weapon in new mexico. we still live with the legacy of above-ground nuclear tests. two years ago the defense department awarded the atomic veterans commemorative service medal to the still-surviving veterans of that era and their family members. we must also honor the

downwinders, civilians whose health and land suffered from the effects from radiation from these tests. many were in the state of nevada. in addition, we cannot forget the pacific islanders who have not been able to return to their home islands. or the uyghurs and others whose homeland in xinjiang was the location of china's nuclear tests. they too have suffered a long-term health consequence. in two weeks, we will commemorate the first use of a nuclear weapon in a conflict, and that was the atomic bombing of hiroshima on august 6, 1945. and the second, the bombing of nagasaki, on august 9. let us pray that nagasaki will be the last. let us work to make sure that it is. sadly, the threat from nuclear weapons is only increasing. there are estimated to be 13,400 nuclear weapons in the world today. some 90% of these are in the

arsenals of the united states and russia. the rest belong to the u.k., france, china, israel, india, pakistan and north korea. russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons against ukraine and even against nato nations. north korea uses its nuclear weapons program to intimidate the united states, japan and korea. china continues to build up its nuclear arsenal. it has some 600 warheads today and is expected to pass 1,000 by 2030, according to the pentagon. the question of iran's nuclear program has been at the top of our concerns. the military strikes by israel and the united states were, as stated, designed to degrade or eliminate iran's nuclear development capabilities. however, as "the washington post" reported last week, u.s. intelligence agencies assess that only one of iran's three principle nuclear facilities was

destroyed by the u.s. attacks. this tells us that military action is not a reliable way to counter nuclear threats. in 80 years of the nuclear era, the only proven, demonstrate wade to reduce the risk of nuclear conflict and to lessen the scale of its destruction is through diplomacy and negotiations. if not, for past arms control agreements -- in not for past arms control agreements, today's arsenals would be larger and more dangerous. if not for limitation on above-ground and atmospheric testing, many more people would suffer from radiation and contamination. but our challenge is made harder by the fact that there is only one arms control agreement remaining in force between the united states and russia. the new star treaty limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads for each party to 1,550.

the treaty expires in february, 2026. there are scant signs that either government is interested in extending it. president donald trump can and should take forward steps on nuclear arms control. he could follow in the footsteps of other republican presidents. president eisenhower expressed the moral imperative to warn americans and the world of the destructiveness of atomic weapons. president reagan in his second term negotiated the i.n.f. treaty with the soviets. he spoke privately with gorbachev about the elimination of all nuclear weapons. earlier this year, president trump said from the oval office, and i quote, there's no reason for us to be building brand new nuclear weapons. we already have so many. you can destroy the world 50 times over, 100 times over, and here we are building new nuclear

weapons and they're building nuclear weapon, end quote. he added, let me quote again, we're all spending a lot of money that we could be spending on other things that are actually hopefully more productive, end quote. on this point, mr. speaker, president trump is right. president trump has the opportunity to make nuclear threat reduction a part of his legacy. as a smart first step, he and putin can strike a deal to respect new start's central limits and set the stage for a more comprehensive nuclear arms control framework agreement. next, president trump can put nuclear weapons on the agenda when he meets with xi jinping. he expressed a willingness to do this in the owe -- in his oval office comments. even talking about negotiations in itself can help reduce tensions. a deal requires a first step, and i encourage the president to take it and to take it soon.

and we in congress can use our voice. along with our colleague, representative tokuda of hawaii, i am the proud sponsor of h.res. 317, a resolution that calls on the u.s. government to return to the negotiating table on nuclear disarmament and to lead a global effort to reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons. it reaffirms our country's moral and strategic obligation to prevent nuclear war and pursue a world free of nuclear weapons as a national security imperative. this call is in the spirit of president eisenhower and reagan, and presidents carter and obama. and we hope president trump. i'm pleased to report that senators markey, merkley, sanders, welsh and van hollen have all introduced a version of our resolution. and i urge the foreign policy committees of both bodies to consider these resolutions promptly.

unfortunately, mr. speaker, activity in house committees is taking us in the wrong direction. last week the appropriations committee approved an energy and water bill that cuts the national nuclear security administration's defense nuclear nonproliferation account by $412 million. that's 17%. these activities help the u.s. stop the spread of nuclear weapons, detect hidden nuclear activities and support arms control efforts. why would anybody think it is a good idea to cut that account? also last week, the armed services committee approved a national defense authorization act. it authorizes $62 billion for the nuclear enterprise which represents a 26% increase over president biden's request last year. unfortunately the committee rejected an amendment by our colleague from california, john garamendi, to restrict funding to create a new land-based

nuclear delivery system, the sentinel missile, a $180 billion boondoggle he has called an endless money pit. the threat of nuclear war is an existential one. we have a moral imperative, a moral imperative to address it and address it urgently. debates over the utility and morality of nuclear weapons are as old as the nuclear age. notably, many of the people who help make atomic weapons turned out to be some of the most powerful voices against their use. and for the reduction in their arsenals. two years ago this week, mr. speaker, the film "oppenheimer" premiered. it told the story of j. robert oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who helped create the atomic bomb but then pushed against development of more powerful weapons. and for that position of moral

currently, he paid a political price. two months ago dr. richard garwin passed away at the age of 97. he's best known as the author of the first hydrogen bomb. less widely known is he spent decades working tirelessly in arms control and disarmament, on scientific panels, conferences and government boards. in a 2018 interview, he said, and let me quote, there is the myth, and you saw it operate many times in the past, that if there is a perceived security problem, well, no difficulty, we'll just buy more nuclear weapons. but that doesn't improve our security. what we want is less nuclear weapons and less cause for using them on the other side. end quote. you know, when i was a staffer for the late congressman joe the motion toconsiderly of the 1980's -- mokley of the 1980's, i remember hearing dr. garwin and dr. sagan giving talks on nuclear weapons and the strategic defense initiative.

dr. sagan, of course, is the physicist who helped us understand the idea of a nuclear winter. the hemisphere-wide dark age caused by the radioactive ash sent into the atmosphere following multiple nuclear detonations. wiping out food supplies, causing untold deaths from starvation, even beyond the millions killed by the blasts. for us today, the dynamic dr. garwin identifies isn't in the past, it's in the present. our in boxes are full -- inboxes are full of policy papers expressing fears about the growth of china's nuclear arsenal or vladimir putin's intentions or iran's plans. too often policymakers have a reflectsive response -- reflexive response. they are building war so we should build war. this is a dangerous reaction, very, very dangerous. we know firsthand the harm that such devastating weapons can have. on the 80th anniversaries,

people of many generations will gather in h hiroshima and nagasi and very few survivors of those atomic bombings remain with us. but their stories endure. the disturbing photos of the burns and the radiation sickness, they endure. in those cities, those gathered will recommit to preserving the memory of the destruction and to plead with current and future generations to work to ensure that such horrors never, ever, ever happen again. i regret i cannot be with them in hiroshima and nagasaki, but that is why i have organized this special order on the house floor today, so that members can share their message from the floor of the house. and to our colleagues and to the president and to the american people, this is a crucial moment in world history. we have a moral responsibility to speak out and to do more.

after the anniversaries, after the august break, whether we return to washington -- when we return to washington, let us commit to raise more awareness, more congressional hearings, more debate on the floor, more encouragement for scientists, civil society and regular citizens to raise their voices. let us commit to legislation to contain the growth of nuclear weapons. let us commit ourselves to the elimination of nuclear weapons. and with that, mr. speaker, i'm glad to yield to the gentleman from illinois, mr. foster. mr. foster: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, representative mcgovern, for holding this special hour. to discuss the dangers of nuclear weapons. you know, when i first entered congress, i was the third ph.d. physicist elected to this body. we had at the time vern ehlers,

a nuclear physicist and a conservative religious republican representing western michigan. we had rush holt, a plasma fusion physicist, a progressive democrat representing prisonton. understand -- princetonment and we had me -- princeton. and we had me, a garden variety democrat who spent the last 25 years smashing protons and anti-protons together to make particles that haven't been around since the big bang. and although our politics were quite different, we were united by a special responsibility to join the discussion about nuclear weapons. and ask what we can do to strengthen global nuclear security and maintain u.s. leadership in trying to prevent nuclear war. one area where we were always in violent agreement was to stop wasting money on star wars, which was then rebranded the s.d.i., the strategic defense initiative, and is now rebranded golden dome.

for more than 45 years, scientists have been patiently explaining to policymakers that this is never going to work, it is easy to overwhelm with a trivial response to it. we have spent over $200 billion on it, we have never tested it once against the kind of countermeasures that you know -- any competent opponent would deploy, and even if we succeed at stopping ballistic missiles, there are unfortunately many other ways to deliver nuclear weapons that we can never stop. and so this thing is deeply -- i guess stupid is not too strong a word. when you explain something to someone in a variety of terms again and again and they just don't want to hear it because they think it messages so well. wouldn't it be great if we had this magic golden dome or whatever you want to call it that would stop nuclear weapons, yeah, it would be great, but if

it is. if it's an impossibility to do the fundamental physics of it we should stop talking about it and certainly stop wasting money on it. another place where we are certainly in strong agreement is how we should be strengthening the nonproliferation efforts at our national laboratories. our national labs create an underlying foundation for all of our nuclear security efforts, including the nonproliferation and the national security priorities we're talking about here today. in order to ensure that current and future arms control efforts are properly fulfilling their mission, we have to invest in our scientific work force to maintain our leadership in verification efforts. it's not well known, certainly not among members of congress, but when the i.e.a. sends inspectors into iran or countries of concern, they've been largely trained by the

national labs in the united states. and when we gut the nonproliferation capacities of our national labs or allow them to retire, as has been mapping, we risk putting aside one of the most powerful tools we have to actually enforce any deal we may get. the president is very fond of talking about this deal he's going to get on iran nuclear. we listened to how he would get north korea. i support efforts trying to do that. but if we succeed at getting one of these deals, we'll need for sure to have experts we trust to go in there and make sure nobody is cheating. but, unfortunately, what we're seeing is the gutting of those budgets in that capacity because it doesn't satisfy the maga world view, i guess. and over the years i focused my attention on a few specific

things to strengthen our nuclear architecture, one is called nuclear -- well, it's the business -- it has a number of names. but the question is it for some reason a nuclear weapon is detonated somewhere in the united states or anywhere around the world, the president will come under huge pressure to say who did that? whose weapon was it? there is a lot of very detailed knowledge we have had in the past in our national labs to be able to go in there and do what's called nuclear forensics and find out whether that was a bomb from x, y, and z. and that capacity has been under duress for a long time and it seems like it's every single time the appropriations budget comes up, we have to try to defend that. that's something completely irrelevant until it's the most important question in the world, who did that, who let off this nuclear weapon, and how do we make sure we don't retaliate

against the wrong person or entity that did that? and there are a number of other things i'm working on. h.res. 100, is one i introduced in the house condemning russia's supportive suspension in the new start treaty. it is set to expire in under a year. and anyone who remembers previous arms control negotiations know there's almost no time left to negotiate a subsequent treaty. additionally, any negotiations whether with russia or china or any other country will require partners willing to have discussions on arms control which is something far easier said than done. it's not something where the two great men leading great nations can come together and strike a deal. the details matter and you have to have technical experts that you trust going deep down into

the weeds to have an agreement that they will come back to you and say yeah, this is a solid agreement we can trust. and it's a time when traditional channels of dialogue and arms control and strategic stability have been closed or quiet. and we're going to rely now more than ever on keeping alternative channels open and the expertise in place so when the time comes to these agreements we have people we trust to carry them out. a nongovernmental organization, science and research institutions have kept this dialogue open even during the worst parts of the cold war and we'll need to rely on them to fulfill these roles again. another crucial institution we must continue to support during these times is the iaea, the international atomic agency. we're seeing the work general grasseo and his staff are putting in to respond to the

russian crises on their doorstep, which brings thousand iran. one of the proudest moments in my career was standing alongside dr. richard garwin who representative mcgovern mentioned, pointed to as the father of the hydrogen bomb, and a strong advocate for nonnuclear proliferation. he stood by my side along with the energy secretary as i announced my support for the iran nuclear deal. and one of the tragedies of the recent past has been this president's abandonment of the iran nuclear deal which has gotten us into a heck of a pickle. as predicted by the people who actually understood what our true options were under that negotiation. after the u.s. bombing of iran, there's been an immense amount of debate whether or not iran's nuclear program was set back by a certain amount of time, whether it's years or whatever,

but the level of technical ignorance that has been displayed by this administration is frankly frightening. they have access to the best weapons designers in the world and either they're not listening to them or not asking their questions. because when you hear secretary rubio, for example, saying oh, don't worry about their 60% enriched uranium inventory because they'll have to convert it to metal and that will take years. anyone with knowledge of the manhattan project knows that's not a major activity. iran has done it for a long time. and if you're only interested to conconverting a few tens of kilograms which is what you need for your first set of weapons, this happens in a laboratory or a congressional office. you don't need a big space for

this. the conversion of the uranium to metal is something that happens in a small industrial building and can happen in any city in iran and will be really hard to tell. so we have not prevented them from doing what they have to do. and the enrichment level is another thing where we're seeing technically ignorant statements made. we have three levels of uranium, there's the less than 20% is generally regarded at relatively safe, can be used in reactors without a lot of safeguards. then when you get above 90% enriched uranium, that's the good stuff, but what about in between? they have 60% uranium. guess what? that's not weapons grade but it is weapons usable. for example, the hiroshema bomb was made with 60% enriched

uranium, the 60% enriched uranium iran has a significant inventory of, is usable for a simple gun type device. and when our leadership speaks in apparent ignorance of that act, beating their chest and saying we set them back by decades, where in fact that's not the case. and this uranium hexa fluoride, the 100 kill gaps the iaea watched them enrich to 60% is stored in the united states in about 25 scuba tank sized pressurized containers. any five of those have you've uranium to make a hiroshema style nuclear weapon. these things are not hard to smuggle. we'll have a hard time convincing ourselves in fact that the iranians already

haven't done it. so just pretending like iran hae threat here and has no leverage is a dangerous and ignorant position for our government to be taking. and one of the scariest things about the many threats that we face right now. for those of you who don't know, actually, you should look at the wikipedia article on the hiroshema little boy bomb, and the references in it, it's unfortunately well documented, but it's noted the best weapon to make and if the iranians want to replicate what was done you get an old 155-mill miter howitzer and replace the explosive shell with some enriched -- 60% enriched will work just fine, uranium, and

shoot it in the right shaped target, and you have something as effective as the hiroshema weapon. this is not a trivial risk. and the only answer to this is negotiations. and we have to get very serious about that. it's not something the you'reians have to test. we did not test the hiroshema weapon before we sent it, it just obviously was going to work. the physics haven't changed in the 80 years since then. so we're at a very uncertain position on that, and we shouldn't pretend otherwise. we also recently have been hearing a lot of calls about the resumption of nuclear testing. you know, this is particularly worrying because the move away from nuclear testing has been really one of the cornerstone successes of nonproliferation and nuclear security. but just think of all the attention donald trump could get

by giving the order -- he wants to blow off a nuclear weapon just to make sure it works or whatever it is. yeah, he'd get a lot of attention that way. but our country has a tremendous amount to lose if everyone begins nuclear testing again. the u.s. during the cold war conducted over 1,000 nuclear tests, far better than any other country and we had far better instrumentation to know what happens in those explosions. and our nation has maintained the effectiveness 6 our stockpile -- of our stockpile without any more testing. if we resume testing, the rest of the world would resume testing. i'm sure they have bomb designers chomping at the bit to get more data exactly what happens if they explode one of their untested weapons. if we do this, we'll give away one of the most strategic data we have which is a huge database

of what works and doesn't work in detailed and very technologically aggressive designs for our nuclear weapons. so if we open that pandora's box, every country which is nuclear capable will say this is our opportunity to become co-equal with the united states in the knowledge of nuclear weapons and that will be yet another disaster for the proliferation regime. so you know, the next few years will be crucial to making sure the world we live in remains safe from the threat of nuclear weapons. again, i thank you, representative mcgovern, for bringing us together to discuss this. mr. mcgovern: i thank the gentleman from illinois for his thoughtful remarks. i now yield to the gentlewoman from hawaii, ms. tokuda. ms. tokuda: i rise to join my colleagues and reinforce their warning and urgent call to action. mr. speaker, today we stand at a crossroads, the world is once

again drifting towards a future where nuclear weapons are not just tools of deterrence but human threats hanging over every human life. we can't afford to look away, not when the lessons of the past are very visible among us. look to the people of the marshall islands, many of them living in my district, part of our hawaii ohana, whose lands became sacrifice zones in the name of power, entire communities displaced and generations scared by radiation. the bikini toll, once a paradise, became a proving ground for devastation. these are not just theoreticals and lines on paper and equations but they are real and still are very real. the united states and its allies conducted 318 nuclear tests in the pacific islands. the people who lived on the islands lost their ancestral homes, now uninhabitable. and people exposed to fallout were immediately sickened with

ongoing impacts of human health including increased rates of birth defects, genetic disorders and secondary cancers. the nuclear age taught us while bombs may drop in seconds, their impact stretches across centuries and generations. and now, instead of learning from history and the mistakes of our past, we're poised to repeat it with greater risk, fewer safeguards, and far more at stake. today the united states, russia, and china inch closer to a unrestrained three-way arms race as we collectively spend well over a trillion dollars on updating new nuclear warheads and means of delivery. . jufnt of these programs will -- just one of these programs will cost $141 billion according to the department of defense. but keep in mind, that's not even the bottom line. their cost estimates keep growing and growing. a new arms race is a race with no finish line. let us be clear.

no winners. only losers in this race. and it doesn't have to be this way. we must urgently renew and expand nuclear arms control treaties with both russia and with china. the path to security lies not in new warheads or golden domes, but in dialogue, transparency and mutual restraint. we must invest as much into diplomacy and prevention as we do into silos and interceptors. because let us be clear. all it takes is one bomb. one miscalculation. one moment of madness. and everything, everything will end. the clock is ticking. but the future is still ours to shape. let us choose wisdom over fear, peace over peril, life over annihilation. maholo to my colleague for organizing this special order hour and i would ask on august 6 and august 9, let us take a

moment to pause and remember we do have a choice. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. mr. mcgovern: i thank the gentlewoman for her remarks. mr. speaker, i yield to the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. omar. ms. omar: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to once again call on the united states to join the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. and for all of the world's nuclear armed powers to adopt policies of mutual disarmament and abolition. in a few short weeks, we will mark the 80th anniversary of the only time nuclear weapons have been used in combat, by the united states, in hiroshima and nagasaki, japan. the fact is, in 80 years since, we have only avoided nuclear war by sheer luck. as long as countries possess massive arsenals of world-destroying weapons, the

risk of miscalculation and the risk of escalation is eternal. in the last few years, we have seen multiple situations that remind us of the extent of the fragility and of the danger. nuclear-armed india exchanged fire with nuclear-armed pakistan just this year. cooler heads prevailed this time. nuclear-armed israel conducted unilateral strikes on facilities in iran. that war didn't go nuclear this time. nuclear-armed russia continues its brute tal war of -- brutal war of conquest in ukraine. we are avoiding escalations that increase the threats of nuclear threat war between russia and the west so far. the truth is the era of nuclear weapons will only end in one of two ways. either we will abolish these horrific weapons from the face of the earth, or we will use them and abolish humanity

instead. the only sane position, the only legitimate position for anyone who values human life is abolition. and more than half the countries in the world have now formally agreed, signing on to the tpnw. we should join them. because just as we have gotten terrifyingly close to nuclear war in these past 80 years, we have gotten close to disarmament. it is not a pipe dream. reagan, gorbachev also did it. south africa unilaterally dismantled their arsenal. other countries have stopped developing nuclear weapons before they got the bomb. it is possible to disarm, it is possible to abolish nuclear weapons. we only need the political will. and we need the urgency. finally, mr. speaker, you will note that i said the bomb

dropped in hiroshima and nagasaki were the only nuclear weapons used in combat but they were not. we must be absolutely clear, the only times nuclear weapons have been used. in fact, nuclear weapons have been used thousands of times and their primary targets have been americans. we also mark this month, the 80th anniversary of the trinity test in new mexico. and so we should remember that entire communities have been poisoned by these weapons right here in the united states. entire generations have seen their families, their friends, their classmates dying of rare cancers caused by the radiation exposure. they have been forced to drink poisoned water and breathe poisoned air. the affect of the communities known as downwinders have been catastrophic. and their suffering is still

sadly mostly unknown in this country. we have made some small steps towards providing overdue compensation to these americans. the first and the most consistent victims of our nuclear weapons program. but we still have a long way for justice. so, mr. speaker, i want to thank mr. mcgovern for hosting this special hour tonight and for his years of principled leadership on this issue and i yield back. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentlewoman for her remarks and, you know, we're living at a time when there's great polarization in our politics. but the issue that we're talking about here today ought to bring democrats and republicans together. because whether -- because democrats and republicans and liberals and conservatives, we do have a mutual interest in

survival. and if nuclear weapons are ever used in current day, nobody wins. nobody wins. and we're talking about the salvation of the destruction of our -- or the destruction of our civilization from nuclear death. the stakes could not be higher. and yet what is shocking to many of us is the lack of you are yhency, -- urgency, the lack of attention to this subject. and i now, mr. speaker, would like to yield to the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. tlaib. ms. tlaib: that's right. there is a lack of urgency. and we need to move with urgency because a nuclear war cannot be won. and would have catastrophic human consequences. one warhead, one, has the power to wipe out an entire city. a full scale nuclear war would devastate life as we know it. 80 years ago the horrific u.s. bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki caused unimaginable death and immense human suffering and survivors to this day face long-term health issues

and radiation poisoning. so 80 years later, after these atrocities, we must, we must as a chamber here recommit our efforts to finally achieving the complete and total abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide. we must ensure these war crimes are never repeated anywhere. nuclear weapons are tools of death and destruction. they cannot be used without disastrous consequences that violate international law and our shared humanity. the white house and congress need to immediately work to negotiate new constraints to cap and reduce nuclear arsenal, especially with russia and china. we must do everything in our power to prevent an unrestrained nuclear arms race. it's absolutely terrifying that in the united states the president has the power to unilaterally decide to launch a nuclear weapon. think about that for one moment. the use of just a fraction of nuclear weapons we possess, most

of which are ready to launch within minutes of an order from any president, including the current one, would lead to mass destruction of unprecedented global scale. members of congress on both sides of the aisle should back commonsense efforts to adopt measures to reduce the risk of nuclear war. we must continue to work towards international agreements, mr. chair, with all nine countries that possess nuclear weapons. through comprehensive nuclear test ban treaties, as wellals the treaty on -- as well as the treaty on prohibiting a nuclear weapon. again, we must come together. i cannot say this enough. the devastation, the consequences of any nuclear launch could be, again, life-changing around the world. we must continue to strive for a world free from the threat of nuclear war. with that, again, i cannot thank enough my colleague, mr. mcgovern, as he commits to banning nuclear weapons and, again, try to save us from any

kind of life-changing devastation to our world. thank you. mr. mcgovern: thank you. mr. speaker, i want to thank congresswoman tlaib, all my colleagues who have been here today. because this is the most important issue, quite frankly, facing our planet. mr. speaker, we can never ignore the fact that behind the conference room discussions about the utility of nuclear weapons, behind the corporate lobbying for nuclear modernization spending, this is a story of human suffering. the nobel committee awarded the 2024 nobel peace prize to the organization for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again. it's a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from hiroshima and nagasaki. in two weeks, members of this

organization, along with activists and citizens from japan and around the world, will gather in hiroshima and nagasaki on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings. they will amplify this clear and existential message that nuclear weapons must never, ever be used again. this organization keeps alive the testimony of the survivors of hiroshima and nag sacky. they are the -- nagasaki. they are the witnesses to the inscribable, the unthinkable, the incomprehensible pain and suffering caused by nuclear weapons. it highlights the nuclear taboo, the concept that nuclear weapons should never be used. an idea that is under threat from the growth in nuclear arsenals from around the world. among the organization's aims is an international treaty for nuclear disarmament. treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons was adopted on july 7, 2020, andent -- 2017,

and entered into force on january 22, 2021. it is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the utility -- with the ultimate goal being their total elimination. 73 nations are party to the treaty, the united states is not. neither are the other eight nuclear powers. we won't get there overnight. but we should not abandon the goal. my resolution, along with the gentlewoman from hawaii, representative tokuda, h.res. 317, calls for good-faith negotiations with the other eight nuclear arms states to halt any further buildup of nuclear arsenals and to aggressively pursue a verifiable and reversible agreement or agreements to remember finally reduce and eliminate their nuclear arsenals according to negotiated timetable. i encourage my colleagues to support this resolution and join us in our efforts.

at this time, mr. speaker, i yield to the gentleman from california, mr. takano. mr. takano: thank you very much for yielding, my colleague. ranking member mcgovern of the rules committee. i thank him and the c.p.c. for organizing this very important special order hour. next month marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. these were the only times that nuclear weapons have ever been used in war. i have to say that this memorial, this memory, this 80th anniversary milestone is not just historical, it is somewhat personal. and unexpectedly so, say, beginning in 2001, 2002, when at the age of 40, 41, i made my first visit to japan.

i grew up as an american, a japanese american. my only -- one of my grandparent, the only grandparent, my grandfather immigrated to the united states around 1916. he was born in 1898 in japan. and he came from the environments of hiroshima. growing up, we would go to his niece, my second cousin, or one of -- i don't know how to kind of appropriate the right familial designations of who is a cousin, a second cousin, but it was my grandfather's niece who married an american and lived in anaheim and worked at disneyland. we knew that -- we knew some facts but we never, in our times

when we would get together for our family gatherings, would we ever discuss what happened in hiroshima. and -- but it wasn't until i was well into my adulthood, on my first trip to japan, visiting hiroshima, and visiting my second cousin, that i learned that she was a survivor, that's a japanese word for survivor of the atom bomb. she lived in the outskirts of hiroshima, if you've been there, it's mountainous, it's a place, a delta with five different rivers converging, and she lived in the outskirts and she was a middle school student and on the day that the bomb dropped, she was still ill, so much so that her mother said, you don't need to go in to the city center to do your public service work. because the middle schoolchildren were needed to clean up the debris of the area

around the downtown of hiroshima. they were doing an urban renewal project to widen the street, they knew the people of hiroshima, the political class knew that hiroshima was a target because it was an industrial city. .... but little does they know, the middle school teachers, and the 13-year-old there is at the city center doing this public service work were all going to perish that day, but my cousin survived because she stayed home at the behest of her mother. and she had not visited any of the memorials until i had arrived in the early 2000's. and i felt a tinge of guilt for asking her to do this because she never really sort of delved

into this history by visiting the memorial museum. riding over the bridge of one of the rivers to the museum the day that my cousin and i decided to go, she told me about how the river was not visible during the day that the bomb -- the days afterwards because of the numbers of bodies that just covered the surface of that water. and when you arrive at the memorial location, you can see bottles of water that many people who attend these memorials will leave for the thirsty souls of those who perished and those who were thirsty from the august heat. i feel a deep obligation and responsibility to carry this memory forward. and i remembered as i crossed the bridge thinking to myself how i was personally connected by family to this historical

event, that it was not something abstract and my identity somewhat shifted and changed. more than 200,000 people were killed, most of them civilians, some died instantly and others suffered for months from burns and radiation and grief. 88 years after the erase you are of two cities, we've still not learned the lessons of these terrible bombings. there's an estimated 35,000 nuclear warheads on earth today. the united states and russia hold more than 90% of them. together we control more than 12,000 warheads, and that's more than enough to end human civilization. and while the united states and russia maintain the largest stockpiles, china is rapidly building. according to the department of defense, china's arsenal already has 500 operational warheads and if current trends continue, it could surpass 1,000 by the year 2030.

this growth adds to global instability and makes the case for urgent diplomacy and arms control. it makes the case even stronger for diplomacy and arms control. and yet the most important arms control treaty still in force between the united states and russia is set to expire in less than 200 days. if we let the new start treaty expire, we'll be left with no legal limits on the size of the two largest nuclear arsenals in the world. and at the same time, we are seeing headlines about strikes on iran's nuclear facilities. these actions revive a dangerous question, can we stop the spread of nuclear weapons through military force? i believe the answer is no, we cannot destroy knowledge with a bomb. we cannot erase a nuclear program by targeting one facility. strikes might delay a program but they almost always provoke retaliation and hardened resolve and do nothing to build the kind of long-term trust and transparency that actually

reduces nuclear risk. that is why we need a strategy based on diplomacy, prevention, and protection. we know that this strategy can work because it did in the past. iran's nuclear weapons program development ground to a halt under the iran nuclear deal. it was only after president trump ripped up the accord that iran set itself on the pathway it is on today. and the recent strikes reinforce the military autocracy's paranoia the only path to secure the regime's long-term survival is through the development of a nuclear program. because, like i said before, if a nation has enough willpower and know how, they will develop a nuclear weapon. and that means u.s. national security cannot solely rest on deterrence. we should lead by example. that means modernizing verification tools, supporting international inspectors and investing in the diplomatic capacity to negotiate real

agreements. it also means rethinking how we can make decisions about the use of nuclear weapons. and congress has a role to play. we cannot stay silent while the risks grow and the guardrails fall away. the american people deserve transparency about how nuclear launch decisions are made and who is involved in making them. this is not just a matter of policy, it is a matter of survival. mr. speaker, hiroshima and nagasaki were not mere tragedies, they were warnings. the people who died there cannot speak for themselves but we can speak for the future they were denied. we can choose a path that avoids repeating the worst mistake in human history. let us honor the lives lost not only with remembrance but responsibility. let's choose diplomacy over destruction, prevention over provocation and peace over peril. and let me return back to that scene of riding over that bridge over the river with my cousin and the thought that i had that

every world leader who has some control over a nuclear arsenal should make it a commitment to visit hiroshima and walk the grounds and understand what happened there, what happened in nagasaki because i think that's the only way that one has the moral stature and authority to be a leader of a country that has a nuclear arsenal. thank you very much. and mr. speaker, i yield back to my good friend, mr. mcgovern. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i want to thank the speaker for his eloquent remarks and there's so much more that needs to be said but our time is coming to a close, so let me end by saying the following -- you know, when i was in college in the late 1970's, i interned for senator george mcgovern, no relation, but a leader on arms control.

and i was able to accompany him to a debate with william f. buckley at yale university entitled, resolved that the salt talks are in the interest of u.s. national security. and of course by that, the salt talks were the strategic arms limitation talks. and george mcgovern closed the debate. and i remember this like it was yesterday but thought about it very powerfulfully. he recalls that when he was a young senator in 1963, they were debating the limited nuclear test ban agreement. and senator edward derksen, who was the republican senate minority leader at the time, took to the floor to close the debate. and he had said that he had just reread john hirsey's hiroshima, the description of what happened to that great city the morning after. the scene of one family sitting charred around the breakfast table, out in the yard bits and pieces of children's clothing,

the broken arm of a doll, toys and debris scattered over the landscape. and he said, you know, i thought about that scene, and i said, some day edward dirksen will be buried in illinois and i don't want them to put on my grave stone, he knew about this and he didn't care. mr. speaker, we all know the realities of nuclear weapons and their devastation. in fact, if they were ever used, it result in the total annihilation for our planet. the question for all of us, are we going to do anything about it? i said earlier one of the most troubling factors in this whole topic is the lack of urgency here in congress. i mean, we don't talk about this. we're not pushing for arms control. we're not setting goals of the

total abolition of nuclear weapons. instead, we are just out of habit voting in favor of military budgets that contribute to the problem. and i think at this moment as we approach the 80th anniversaries of these horrible events, this is a time for us to step up and to do something before it's too late. and so i urge my colleagues to commemorate, to have moments of silence to remind their constituencies of the anniversaries of the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. and i urge them to join with us in a bipartisan way in doing something about it. george mcgovern ended his debate

with william buckley at yale by saying this, he said many years ago in ancient wisdom, it was said, i've set before you two choices, life or death. therefore, choose life that thee and thy seed may live. that's the choice i want the united states to make at this moment. and i hope that we are up to the task. and i hope that we just don't continue to ignore the perils of nuclear warfare. and with that i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2025, the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. schweikert, for 30 minutes. mr. schweikert: thank you, mr. speaker pro tempore. i'm going to yield to my friend from california as much time as he may consume.

mr. kiley: thank so much to my friend from arizona. mr. speaker, in 2010, california voters overwhelmingly voted to establish a citizens restricting commission. the voters said we want to take the process of drawing district lines out of the hands of politicians. they said that voters should choose their politicians, politicians shouldn't choose their voters. and that commission has drawn our district lines through the last two rounds of row restricting. and yet now, the governor of california has announced a plan to abolish the citizens restricting commission and to seize its powers for himself. he initially proposed simply ignoring the commission, ignoring the constitution, and overriding his maps that he and the legislature drew. but apparently someone told him that would immediately get

struck down in court. so now what they are plotting is a special election where they will use confusing ballot language and other means of deception to try to convince voters to -- to fool voters in dismantling the very independent commission they established. and the point of this is the governor would like to reduce the representation of republicans in congress in our state to three members out of 52 so that republicans will hold 6% of the seats even though republicans typically hold 40% of the vote in statewide elections. it could be the single most egregious act of corruption in the history of our state. and you don't need to take my word for that. you can take the word of common cause which is a group that typically, almost always aligns with democrats in elections and voting issues whose executive

director said, quote, point-blank, it is a dangerous move. or you can take the words of patricia sennai, who is a democrat serving on the districting commission. and she said the purpose is to protect voters from partisan power grabs like this. if this were to succeed, it would set a dangerous precedent for suppressing voters across the nation. mr. speaker, this is a moment for every californian and every american of decency regardless of party affiliation to speak out against the abject corruption that our governor is attempting. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize heather and jeremy reynolds, the first and second place winners of the 69th annual steph us cup -- tevis cup, a

100-mile trail ride held this year. this year proved more challenging than usual with the heated rocky road providing competition. out of the 105 entrants, only 43 were able to complete the ride to auburn. however, the couple persevered through crossing the finish line in 17:45. over the span of more than 20 years of competitive riding, the two have accumulated countless awards, including eight tevis cups and eight hagen cups. one challenge they in this year's competition they did. crossing the finish lines with their hands joined together marking an achievement that has been a goal of theirs. they have competitiveness and team work. their achievements is not just personal fulfillment and to their peers and our community.

it is an honor to represent remarkable individuals such as heather and jeremy. on behalf of the united states house of representatives, i stepped my congratulations to heather and jeremy reynolds at the -- and commend them for their dedication to the equine endurance riding. i yield back to the gentleman from arizona. mr. schweikert: we say to californians, don't take arizona's water. mr. speaker, pro tempore, we are doing a half an hour tonight. how many minutes are left? the speaker pro tempore: would the gentleman repeat. mr. schweikert: may i inquire into the remaining time.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 25 minutes remaining. mr. schweikert: i'm going to do a run-through of a couple of things here. i'm going to try to walk through some economics. then i'm going to walk through some warnings that are in the documents that are around us that very few people bother to read and actually do some things that are hopeful because i think sometimes i'm a bit dour and don't do enough of this. first off, august, republicans, we are going to go out and tout the morality of people's taxes not going up next year like we did the reconciliation to build new plants for equipment, for working people to have things to draw them back into the labor, no tax on tips, no tax on

overtime. if you look at one of the reasons we are in there and starting to see some of the models saying some optimistic things saying we think it is going to change labor force participation, small changes. the left will do a bit of schizophrenia, you cut too much money -- too much is borrowed. but then you attack us when we try to point out this alignment, bad acts. what was the report that came out a couple of days ago, 2.8 million of our brothers and sisters enrolled in a.c.a. plans as well as medicaid plans. they don't want to talk about that because it screws up their picture. we know the american people believe and understand the morality and great economics of

encouraging those who are able bodied to participate in society. if anyone is a geek out there, it's probably four, five years old, university of chicago for their ph.d. economist wrote a brilliant paper saying if you ask people to participate in society in the economy, to take a job, even if you give them welfare, government subsidies, because they have attachment to the economy to work, that at the end of 10 years, those who actually had the work requirements, actually end up much wealthier and off of government support because the morality of getting up, learning skills, moving up in an organization. but somehow -- and there was a time that was actually left eight use, work is morale.

and that left. let's walk through a couple of things. i have used this board for months now and probably the last time i'll use it, understand baseline over the next 10 years, according to the congressional budget office, we are going to spend $86 trillion. think of the screaming and protests and all ginned up, you cut $800 billion from this and a little bit from a couple of other things, it was less than 2% of that spending. are you telling me that the left doesn't believe that if you're spending $86 trillion as your baseline spending and

understand -- i'm going to show you some of the charts how much of this is basically demographics. our health care costs. i'm going to show awe couple of charts that i want folks to understand. but for the american people, when you see someone from the deem -- democratic party saying they cut spending, it's this off of this. it's the lack of understanding. and one of the points you try to keep making overand over and over and over and over again. the democrats' plan was to raise taxes. that was automatic and coming at the end of this year. your taxes were going back to the pre2017 tax reform. people are saying you shouldn't have extended the tax policy for the highest income. but that's a tiny portion of the total dollar amounts.

when they had control of everything, they didn't do it. just from a point. and this is more for everyone to understand, you see the blue here, nondefense, defense, every dime of that is borrowed. and i think this year we'll probably borrow, $400 billion in medicare. my best estimate and we are going to hold a contest shortly to see who can guess the final borrowing for this year. we are tracking actually customs receipts, if you think of tariffs, we may have another $70 billion on top of baseline and probably going to come at $2.2 trillion of borrowing this year. so this doesn't have the tax reform and much built into that base. but understand, in this country,

how do i help folks understand, here's where we're already at. and this will make sense in a little while. for every dollar we take in in tax receipts, we spend $1.39. we spend $1.39 for every dollar we take in tax receipts. if you seen that previous chart, 24% to 26% is discretionary. what we get to vote on. that's what we use these reconciliation budgets. 1974 reconciliation act moved through the senate without getting 60 votes. it's a dance to deal with the 60 votes. if we were actually a little bit honest about month, maybe we

wouldn't have to do this dance. and why this is important, because i'm a little freaked out because this is the meed-pac report. and every member of congress has read every word of it because it's very important. but there's a chart in here if you actually read the footnotes -- now, look, anyone paying attention, i'm trying to bring medicare advantage that the incentives helping people be healthier and not risk scoring them that it's a concentration of illness but the incentives if the population is healthier, the plans can make more money. this year we're going to spend trillion on medicare. how many of you would guess how much we are going to spend in seven years?

the model says in seven years, from $1 trillion on medicare to $2 trillion and double medicare spending in seven years. part of that is demographics. starting in 30 years ago, we started having a lot fewer children. so today, if we took today and stepped back 20 years ago, we had about 35 million of our brothers and sisters 65 years ago. today we are approaching 70 million. so more than double. go back 20 years ago, the number of 18-year-olds we have is the same number of 18-year-olds we have today and next year it goes down and year after that, it goes down and year after that, it goes down. is it republican or democrat or is it demographics?

it's a little hard to campaign on that or attack the other side, but if we read our data, we don't have a choice. this is the social security/medicare actuary report. i know every member has actually read. seven years from now. medicare part a trust fund, which is about 38% of medicare spending, the rest comes out of the general fund and members' participation is about 15% the fees they pay, but that 38%, that trust fund is gone in seven years, meaning hospitals, surgery centers, 11% cut. but we are going to talk and

work about how to revolutionize health care. one of the classic problems around here, for some reason on the left -- and many of us on the right, we talk about health care as a finance problem. if the a.c.a. was a finance bill, it's who had to pay and get subsidized. medicare for all is a finance bill. i would argue it was a finance bill. it had a curve. who got subsidized and who has to pay. i beg of our brothers and sisters, we live in a time of mir callets and have conversation about how do you change the view of health care it's what we pay, can we change the costs by doing it best better, faster and cheaper with our brothers and sisters being

healthier. today 16% of all tax receipts go just to interest. in nine years, straight up, in nine years, 30% of all u.s. tax receipts go just to interest. and heaven forbid we had a one point movement in interest rates, my mathis 45% of all tax receipts would go to interest. when you see people come behind the microphones, how many people are saying hey, how do we convince the bond markets -- they are on the edge of running this country because when you borrow $6 billion, next year, 6.5 billion and nine years, $10 billion. that's 72,000 a second. and some of the crazy

articles -- because i have this on my news that basically -- left-wing economists, borrowing doesn't matter and people are trying to buy u.s. debt. they forget the punch line. let's say we could borrow forever. at what point is there no more services, purchases, government helping our brothers and sisters because it is covering the interest costs on the bonds. let's say you are a little insane and think we can borrow forever. but even the veer gillity and the model didn't work. but in addition to that, we are going to pay the interest.

so in nine years, baseline under a favorable interest rate model, 30% of all u.s. tax receipts go to interest and heaven forbid, if interest rates come up 1% -- this coming year, we are going refinance $11 trillion because we stay so short on -- we sell short-term debt rather than long-term debt. so we are in this world where nine budget years, $10 billion a day. . $10 billion a day. national health expenditures as a percentage of g.d.p. this. will make sense in a moment. in 2033, so functionally eight years from now.

over 20% of the economy will just be health care. why? the joint economic committee, two years ago, wrote a report that i thought i was going to get the crap kicked out of me but we spent months and months and month, grabbing every bit of literature and said, can someone tell me what obesity costs america, what it costs society, what it costs family formation? we came up with a number two years ago of $9.1 trillion additional health care costs. and we add some mortality statistic, the number of mortality condition, the misery out there. what is fascinating, we have some articles right now that talking about that we may have actually hit something crazy and it's an odd way to phrase it but

it is what the researchers. we may have hit what we call peak obesity. so when we publish the report two years ago, we still had about four or five more years of growth of obesity. in some states actually approaching 50% of the population being technically obese under the b.m.i. calculations. looks like in the last 12 months we may have started to bend the curve. we're trying to recalculate. is this a sign of incredible hope that we know so much misery in our society because there's a brilliant paper from about seven years ago saying leading contributor to income inequality in america, turns out, isn't education. turns out it's health. and if you think about it, the cascade of the cost of someone with severe diabetes, when we

know diabetes is 33% of u.s. health care. what if things like this could help our brothers and sisters? is this republican or democrat? it's just good policy. it's always been uncomfortable to talk about. and maybe the society is starting to open up, saying hey, maybe a healthier society actually is a really good, really moral thing. so look. as we walk through these, i want to come back and sort of hit a punchline here. these charts have been available to us for years. the curve keeps getting steer. so we have someone say, i'm a protector of medicare! great. i'm with you. it's an earned benefit. we made a societal promise are. you telling the truth about its financing? david, we can't do that. someone will say something mean about us. so what also, in seven years,

also is empty? the social security trust fund. i'm sure you all dove into the social security medicare actuary report and saw where it said in 2032, 2033, but we think it's 2032, our brothers and sisters on social security take a 24% cut. our model says we double senior poverty in america. absolutely immoral. but have you also read the papers, the scale of tax hikes, of policy? now is the left offering to work with those of us on the right who are willing to step on the third rail and do the moral thing to actually take on these? hellno. i've talked to so many people who are on ways and means and other things with me who

basically look at me in terror and run out of the room because the political control care more about the power of the politics than the fact that in seven years medicare is $2 trillion a year, in seven years the medicare trust fund is empty in. seven years the social security trust fund is empty. one of the rough numbers we had is the first full year just, if you want to backfill that shortfall in social security, is $618 billion. so basically what is that? 2/3 of what the entire defense budget is. there's a lack of understanding of the scale of almost the dystopian. i that comes from what happens when these trust funds are empty. mr. speaker pro tem, may i make an inquiry of how many minutes i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has six minutes remaining. mr. schweikert: thank you, mr. speaker. i'll learn to talk faster but the poor person trying to take

my words down i apologize to. i'm going to skip over some other charts you get the punchline. in the next decade, the vast majority of debt is driven by interest. health care costs. and we're often very uncomfortable to talk about it. so let's talk about things that are great, that if we would get policy right, can lower that health care cost. not just argument about who gets subsidized who gets financed. be really good for society. really good for the budget. so you all saw "the economist" article last couple of days talking about the miracle of how much cancer, the statistical benefits we're having on the number of cure, particularly lung cancers, blood cancers, and their model that we are on the cusp of having continuing breakthroughs. you saw this article a couple of

days ago about a microsoft platform. i didn't know they were specializing in this. and what was stunning about the data sets they had in here, a.i. system diagnosed patients four firearms accurately than a human doctor. now, i just upset some of my brothers and sisters in the doc caucus. but the data is the data. should we, mr. speaker, legalize technology? if i have something i can blow into, a breath biopsy, if statistically as accurate or more accurate than a human and knows what i have, should it be allowed to prescribe? uncomfortable but it would help crash the cost of health care. it would actually help us move some of the facts, we have a shortage of medical professionals. we're on the cusp of these things. many of these things, like that technology has been around for five years, except its functionally illegal. we don't reimburse it, we don't

allow it to prescribe. we are on the cusp. a few minutes ago, an hour ago, altman, open a.i., down the hallway, he and i had a few minutes of conversation about a new health care stat that's going public in about a month. he seemed incredibly optimistic that its accuracy will be off the charts. should we legalize the use of technology to help our society be healthier? should we allow it to prescribe? it's uncomfortable because this place is a protection racket. got to understand. congress is mostly about one thick. it's about money. and the left pretends it isn't. the right preen pretends it isn't. it's about money. when you start to say hey, maybe we can technology as a competition to help our brothers and sisters be healthier and change the cost, some people say, but i make money on that.

you're going to have me compete against something that's more accurate than i am? new apple watch a.i. model can reveal hidden health conditions. here's a couple of things i've been most interested in the last couple of years. great article. i did a whole speech on it. a.i. discovered a whole new category of antibiotics. remember we were all panic stricken that we had diseases, bacterial infections that we didn't have antibiotics for, the antibiotics weren't working. a.i. designed a whole new category of antibiotics that in the literature said it would take humans 20 years to develop. instead of being afraid of the technology, maybe we get our heads straightened up saying, in a society where we have a shortage of young people, our baby boomers like me with gray hair, we're getting older. we're going to consume a lot more health care. can we embrace the technology.

and that technology lets us free. when you start to realize things that are going on. we just had a -- a doctor, radiologist in our office, walking us through a statistical abstract on breast cancers and the scans and showing his a.i. platform is remarkably more accurate, cheaper, faster, more accurate. why wouldn't we embrace it? except we don't reimburse it. because the barriers to entry here are protection rackets saying we're not fighting for what's the fastest, bestest, cheapest. we're often here because we know our incumbency. and look. we're really -- we really are on the edge of miracles. how do i get the left, the right, to understand the math is the math? demographics are the primary

driver of u.s. sovereign debt. it's hard to campaign against the other side on that. but maybe we can take a couple of months off and actually do good, quality policy and legalize properly vetted, properly certified a.i. to prescribe. this august i'm going to do an experiment with this oura ring and i'm buying some dexcoms. have you seen the app where you can take a picture of your food and it calculates glucose and calories? maybe we should look at the ample c.a. and instead of just smoking and three age categories, add a fifth category that's an incentive for our brothers and sisters if you manage your health, 60% of u.s. health care is people not taking their drugs for their hypertension. for their statin. 16% is over $600 billion a year. there are solutions. we can make a difference.

embrace the technology. change the cost. have a healthier society. it's the most powerful thing we can do for u.s. sovereign debt. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2025, the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur, for 0 minutes. ms. kaptur: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm deeply concerned about the devastating impact that president trump's reckless tariff policies are having on our american automotive industry and its workers. the latest financial figures from jeep stellantis, for

example, the proud make over jeep and ram vehicles that are so popular, paints a deeply disturbing picture. nearedly $2.7 billion in losses. that are tied directly to these tariffs. that translate into plant shutdowns, canceled programs, and over 900 american workers already laid off. the general motors chief executive officer similarly said tariffs cost g.m. $1.1 billion this quarter. and that the next quarter will be worse. this is real money. in an industry that america has been striving to bring back to full production in this country. we've lost so many jobs abroad to cheap labor in places that have no labor rights. now, this is what happens with tariffs when you lead with flashy headlines instead of well

thought out trade strategy. tariffs without a plan don't punish china. they don't balance our trade accounts. trade accounts get worse. they punish toledo. pad tariff policy punishes manufacturing america. these tariffs punish ohio. they punish michigan. they punish indiana. they punish illinois. america's manufacturing heartland. tariffs punish missouri. they punish wisconsin. they punish every worker on the line who is just trying to build a better life for themselves, and the families, the workers that work in these plants, do hard work. they deserve to earn a fair wage with good working conditions and benefits, health benefit, retirement benefits. american workers need real trade

reform, balanced trade accounts, and sensible tariff policies. not gimmicks. i urge the trump administration to stop the damage now. before the bleeding gets worse. our chief trading partner in northern ohio is canada. we like canada. our industry is integrated, parts pass over the border, sometimes six or seven times. tariffs make no sense. in an integrated economy. the is investment at home on our continent, not more outsourcing. we don't need that, we need job insourcing before more jobs disappear and more families pay the price. our communities need economic certainty, not higher prices, not pink slips, not utter chaos and not tariff regimes that

change every couple days. america needs a trade and tariff regime that will yields good jobs, well-paid workers and prices for cars and trucks that americans can afford and consumer goods that they can afford to buy. i urge the members of this house and the trump administration to take a look at what is happening in the real economy. let's fix it before it gets much worse. america doesn't need that. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak about the new horizon of advancing geothermal energy. geothermal energy is one of the most fascinating, promising yet underused clean energy sources in our country. the problem with it, you can't see it. so a hot of people when they're

walking, in the woods or going to work, they never think about the power of the earth. but beneath our feet due to the temperature differentials between the air we breathe and the temperatures in the seal lies a constant supply from heat in the earth's core. and we have subterranean waste water lines that have been built not only in this country but all over the world where we have more developed associates and there is waste energy that is renewable, reliable and constantly available in those vast underground, big pipes that run through all of our cities and towns. geothermal energy doesn't depend on the weather. doesn't depend on the season or gee graphical seasons. it exists as a dependable source

for clean energy grid. and when you go undergrouped, generally you have 45 to 75 degree temperature underground all year long. the united states has an untapped geothermal potential. while slashing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering energy bills. we estimate. cleveland, ohio, a big city. i had the privilege of representing it for a long time, but there, their water and wastewater pure fix systems are the highest costs for that city. the energy costs of water-waste water is the highest costs. but every year when the purified water is thrown back into the lake, at least the plant, just

that city throws into lake erie a waste heat load of 400,000 barrels of oil annually. think about that. that is waste heat that we as a country could be capturing, but that is one untapped location along one grabbing -- great lake. and add in lorraine, ohio, sandusky, ohio, toledo, ohio and doesn't count going up north, detroit and then on the north side the cities in canada. there is a whole lot of energy wasted being dumped into the lake. we have to kaptur it. communities across our country can strengthen energy security, reduce alliance on fuels and create good paying jobs on

drilling and maintenance and lower energy costs for industry, public facilities, for neighborhoods and all kinds of companies. geothermal energy has a small land footprint and can be co-located with other renewables or data centers. if we're serious about building a resilient energy independent future, we need an all above of the energy strategy including unpacking the power that is already beneath us in the earth and being wasted. check out vancouver, canada and what it has accomplished with geothermal energy since the 2010 olympics. they have had a plan and strategy that is remarkable. check out a country in europe, that is toledo, ohio sister

sister city. and trump want to draw forth and more interested in doing that, particularly in manufacturing america. and i am priestled also to represent a vast, vast, agricultural region in grain drying. it's so expensive where we have to dry corn and soybeans. so the agricultural community uses huge amounts of jobs. let's lower the consumers' energy bills and strengthen america's energy security and geothermal energy holds the potential to achieve all of those goals. let's get it done and move america to an affordable and energy independent future for decades to come. thank you, mr. speaker. thank you for putting on the record the future for this

country including geothermal energy. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the extraordinary life and legacy of ohio state senator mary jane valkemp a trailblazer for women across ohio and our nation. born and raised in toledo, ohio, marey jean broke barriers as the longest serving woman in the history of the ohio legislature. with her intelligence, fierce conviction and unmatched o rmp atory, she was a tough lawyer, she served our community for 24 years often as the only woman in the ohio senate. she was a champion for working

families, labor rights, a defender of women's rights and early advocate for the equal rights amendment. her work created the ohio lottery to support education. she never wavered in her right for fairness, dignity and opportunity for all and she chose a quiet retirement. her impact will echo for years and generations to come. she was always present. she always cared. she took her family's experience and moved it into the highest levels of law making in the state of ohio. may she rest in peace and may her courage, her grit, her first dedication inspire us all. we miss her. and we know that her works in ohio have made a difference in the lives of our 12 million people. thank you, mr. speaker.

and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2025, the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin for 30 minutes. mr. grothman: going to cover three short topics. first topic, five years ago yesterday, there was a horrific incident that happened in milwaukee, wisconsin. bernard channel, who was holding a donald trump sign was assassinated. somebody came out on a bicycle with a mask over his head and don't know if it was a white man or black man, he saw a man holding a sign for trump and that person came up and killed

bernard. bernard channel was for black lives matters and for whatever reason, bernard channel was in the very liberal east side of milwaukee, river west, very, very left wing. he swam upstream and decided to carry a donald trump sign. he was assassinated. this is the top of thing that we see america decline we ought to be talking about. it happens in members of the committees committee. it's the type of thing that happens in honduras where during elections you expect someone assassinated and you wouldn't think it is happening in the united states. one of the things we have to

take into account not only that you would expect it to happen in a third world country but i felt that the liberal establishment in milwaukee didn't treat it different. shoot people for carrying a yard sign that people don't like, we're in new territory. but, shot he was. i went down and saw his neighborhood. and we can't allow this to go on and allow people to do such a thing. i don't like describing people as black or white. but in my opinion, at that time, 2020, the democrat party was afraid of some black people voting for trump and i wondered if that is one of the reasons why they decided to target bernard. they shot him dead.

the establishment in milwaukee at that time implied that perhaps the reason he was shot had nothing to do with politics. we don't know if he was involved in politics, we don't know if he was shot for carrying a trump sign in this very liberal neighborhood. the guy came up, they have pictures, came up on a bicycle and hear people being shot and somebody shoots out of the car, but here he was shot by someone on a bicycle and had to be somebody in the neighborhood. i will say this. there was a time where republicans stepped up and put a given amount of people available if somebody could turn in the person who shot bernard.

i intend to tomorrow and next monday find some people to put together and put a $30,000 bonus to anybody who can do something that leads to the conviction to the person who shot bernard. i am told sometimes cold ca cases -- people on the internet make more progress. i hope that makes some sort of difference. and like i said, this is a guy on a bicycle. not like somebody on a drive-by and apparently this guy lived within a few blocks of where

bernard channel was shot. he owned a print shop. and somebody has to know more. somebody has to see where this bicyclist went and presumably told the bicyclist that we have to kill this guy and elevate this guy. so but in any event, let's not forget about it. republican party should never forget about bernard channel. the next thing that i want to talk about. it kind of bothers me when i think the conservative republican movement of which i consider myself one aims so low below the target. a couple of weeks ago, we had a

newspaper article dealing with u.s. supreme court and u.s. supreme court allowing children or parents to opt their children out of graphic lgbtq books in month gentlewomany county -- montgomery county maryland. and this was expected to be a conservative victory. but a second-grade child did not have to read books that were clearly designed to promote a lifestyle, a sexual lifestyle. . . . . and republicans considered this a great victory. it bothers me that republicans consider this a great victory.

was this a great victory? because of the supreme court decision we wind up having maybe, i don't know, maybe one out of 20 parents who are on the ball enough to say that we are not going to allow, not going to force parents to -- or parents are in the going to create a situation in which their children have to read lgbtq books. that's preposterous. it never should have happened in the first place. but instead they're pretending this is a great victory. another thing about this so-called great victory, three of the 10 judges on the u.s. supreme court ruled that this was no big deal. that in fact parents shouldn't be able to object to their children reading books of a sexual nature in first or second

grade or up to fifth grade apparently. and it's almost beyond belief how far down we've come as a society. and the conservative news media, fox news that type of thing, they thought this was a victory. can you believe that? we're handing out lgbtq books in first and second graders, the supreme court with three people dissenting, three judges, rules that we don't have to have children go here. and if 5% or 4% of the parents, that's a great victory. is that what america has come down to? i would hope the comatose clergy in this country wake up, demand that schools not do any of this

stuff, and begin to put elementary schools back where they were when i was a child. talking about read, write, not talking about lgbt, not saying it's a great victory if one out of 20 parents says you don't have to give this to your kids. so let's dial it up, america. let's dial it up, conservative news media. this was a horrific sign that three supreme court judges would have the nerve to say that parents shouldn't be able to object to this. much less the idea that it's even in the schools in the first place to be objected to or otherwise. so they're here, second issue of the day. the conservatives should wake up, you comatose people, wake up you comatose clergy. we do not have to have lgbtq

books, in, couldn't exactly tell here, i think it's fifth grade, fourth grade, third grade, and second grade. i know down to second grade. unbelievable. now my third topic tonight, we passed the great big beautiful bill. i vote nerd great big beautiful bill. there were a lot of good things in the great big beautiful bill. there were things that were highly questioned. no question the number one defeat i had in the great big beautiful bill was spending money on what they call low-income housing tax credits. in which a property developer, with some conditions, but was given tax credits equal to 70% of the cost of a building. in other words, he got to build a building, but the government would pay for 70% of the building. that's preposterous. prior to us increasing the amount of credits, i felt i was

in good shape. we had the heritage foundation editorialize against it. the "wall street journal" editorialized against it. the cato institute editorialized against it. i thought all was just completely common sense. not to mention the average congressman should say, it's not up to the government to pay for private citizen's 70% of a private citizen's building. but that's what we have. and the republicans, when the bill left the house, at that point about $12 billion a year was spent onthis. the republicans, and we were told and given pep talks about how we're going to cut spending. oh, man, we're going to cut spending. this is historic. actually, increased spending on low-income housing tax credits in the house. that's preposterous. then we send it over to the senate. i was hope, i have a couple of

buddies over there on my side, at least we'd go back to where we started in the senate. but no. in the senate the free-spending republicans went up again. it's something that we ought to spend a little more time looking at. how this was able to happen here. why with all the conservative think tank types explaining this train wreck. why anybody with an ounce of common sense realizes it's a train wreck. the republicans went ahead and upped spending on this program, first in the house and then in the senate. so i hope the press corps is not going to forget about this program. and hope continues to follow it. "the washington post" of all newspapers pointed out looking at about four or five different projects in washington, d.c. area, they found that the cost

of some of these was over $1.2 million a unit. is that possible? at the time we had this supposedly tight budget? we're going to spend over $1.2 million per unit? just unbelievable. we're going to give you all, we're going to give the chair here bonus. on something i noticed when i was back home my good friend from ohio decided to talk a little bit about all the wonderful things we could do with gambling proseeds. when i was first involved in politics, gambling was considered a sin and it was against the law. because we knew we were taking money from the poorest people. now, at least in wisconsin, we've gone from, i believe, one small casino, to have to be

casinos including some huge casinos in wisconsin -- casinos. in wisconsin they have separate slot machines. in many bars. and in wisconsin they sell um scratchoffs in gas stations throughout the district. the reason it was brought up to me, i noticed that in some of these convenience stores, they're now selling $50 scratchoffs. can you believe the horrible state of wisconsin is selling $50 scratchoffs? my goodness. it's shameful the way they tack advantage of the poor and the dumb. it's just horrible. i don't think we would have put up with that when i first got involved in politics but apparently tony evers think it's

a great way to get more state money and to take advantage of people who are buying $50 lottery tickets. in any event, that's not the biggest problem in america but the number of people who are losing money at these slot machines and scratchoffs is not a small number. it's not something we should be proud of. i guess i shouldn't be surprised that the democrat party feels it's a great way to increase funding on school, take advantage of people. but i don't think it's a good thing. and i wish my brothers and sisters in the state legis legislatures would get rid of some of these ridiculous machines. and ridiculous scratchoffs. and stop taking advantage of the most vulnerable people in our society. thank you very much. there's four different topics for you to remember.

we covered the increased examabling push by state governments as they want to have government play a bigger and bigger role in life. we covered the ridiculous republicans who think it's a victory that three supreme court judges ruled that you have to allow lgbtq books in second or third grade. we covered bernard tranel. the poor guy who was assassinated for carrying a trump sign five years ago yesterday. and we covered the low-income housing tax credits. i think the most questionable program in our internal revenue code and probably in federal law altogether. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. grothman: can i make a

motion? the speaker pro tempore: no motion is necessary. mr. grothman: i'd like to move that we adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 13 of rule 1, the house stands adjourned until 11:00 this marks the last legislative session before the august recess, members will return for recess, members will return for with live streams of floor proceedings and hearings from the u.s. congress, white house

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